Flora of North America species comparison

few to several from base, erect, (unbranched, slender), 0.3–1.5(–3) dm.

several from base, prostrate to decumbent, (usually unbranched, rarely branched distally), 1–3 dm.

(tufted, erect);

blade linear to very narrowly spatulate, 1–3(–4) cm, margins entire (involute).

(tufted);

blade broadly obovate, 1–2 cm, margins entire or with 1 or 2 broad teeth, (apex rounded to obtuse).

similar to basal.

blade oblanceolate to nearly oblong, similar to basal, (base cuneate), margins entire.

relatively dense.

(secund), loose, (elongated in fruit).

sepals (greenish yellow), elliptic, 3.5–7 mm;

petals spatulate, 5–6 mm, (not clawed).

sepals (yellowish), elliptic to lanceolate, (2–)3–4 mm;

petals spatulate, (3.9–)5–7 mm.

(ascending, curved or sigmoid), 2–10 mm.

(recurved), 6–8(–12) mm.

(erect), ovoid (or longer than broad), usually inflated, 4–5 mm, (apex acute, slightly flattened);

valves pubescent, trichomes appressed;

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 2–4 mm.

(usually pendent), elliptic to subglobose, usually slightly compressed (latiseptate), 3–4 mm;

valves densely pubescent, sometimes with scattered trichomes inside;

ovules 4 per ovary;

style ca. 3 mm.

flattened, (mucilaginous).

somewhat flattened.

= 10, 20.